Look, we've all been there. A big game's on the horizon (God of War) and you're a bit scared of starting something new before launch in case you don't get it finished in time. Perfectly natural. So you're just looking for something that's not too involved. Maybe you can grind away the hours on Monster Hunter: World? Not a bad idea. Or perhaps you could get a few mates together and have a laugh on Ghost Recon: Wildlands?

Ubisoft's open world shooter is free to download and play right now on PlayStation 4, and yes, that's the entire base game, including the player-versus-player stuff. Access ends on Monday morning, so you've got the full weekend to get stuck in, and honestly, we'd recommend it.

Admittedly Wildlands isn't anything amazing by itself, but gather up a friend or two and the co-op can be great fun. Well worth a look if you haven't played it before. Oh, and you don't need PlayStation Plus, either.

Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.

@ShogunRok yeah I may do. To be honest, I've got so many games stacked up, I can't be doing with another that is going to get boring quick, so will probably just give it a miss and buy it in a year or two when it's about a tenner!!

The storyline was rather cliché, like all Clancy games, but certainly not bad if you are in a nostalgic early-90's-action-movie mood. I really enjoyed the gameplay though; it was fun tactical Ghost Recon stuff.

I completed the base game when it came out but the Gold edition is now in the sale for £34, that’s a £51 saving (I’m basing this from the Xbox Store) if it wasn’t for me finishing the base game I’d buy it at £34 but just recently got Gold editions of The Division and Watch Dogs 2 both for under £25 and would of therefore bought Wildlands Gold if it were priced under £25. Great game though especially in co-op.

This is essentially a demo so downloading the large file and patches should help those on the fence.

I played about 10 hours and cleared one area and or killed one main bad guy. However i do not know if or when i will ever play it more. Wildlands is on my old PS4 that was boxed 4 or 5 weeks ago when i set up my new PR0 next to my PS3.

Playing only solo i found Wildlands sort of generic, boring, and i do not like the lighting. Playing solo i find Far Cry 5 is a much more fun game and open world and has the fun Arcade mode.